 It was also at this time that the establishment itself sought a compromise with the Soviet state, largely due to the efforts of Foreign Affairs Minister Nicolae Titulescu (1934 was the year when diplomatic relations between the two countries were agreed upon).In short time, however, the notoriety of the organization and its tight connections with an illegal movement enlisted a response from Romania's leadership.In September, National Liberal cabinet of Gheorghe Tătărescu, acting through Minister of the Interior Ion Inculeț, refused to allow the "Amicii URSS" magazine to be published (either at the original location in Bucharest or in the more isolated one it found in Pitești).